Thanks for all the comments. Expecially those who seem to love the Angst.
when I pull our two love birds apart everyone loves it.

But come on guys, AWM called this a love story.

Story Note. The words below that are in italics are Ricks coma state

He feels like he is spinning like a top. His eyes can't seem to focus on anything. There is nothing to focus on. The world is a blur. There is a bright light in his eyes.

Then he hears the sound of a siren. A police siren. No wait! It's an ambulance. He is in an ambulance. No it isn't an ambulance it's a space ship He must be in a space ship. He has been abducted by aliens. He knew it would happen some day. They came and took him. The aliens came and have abducted him and are taking him to their mother ship. The aliens are wearing space suits. Their voices are muffled and he can't understand what they are saying.

He feels like he is awake again. He is in a room. On a bed. The room is all white. He must be on board the space ship. He can feel his arms and his legs, but for some reason he can't move them. His hands are not tied down. He just can't move his arms or his legs. They must have used a stun ray on him. That explains why he can't move. He can move his eyes but not his head.

He can hear voices. They seem muffled. Can't be sure what language, but it does not sound like English. He hears the sound of a zipper. He glances his eyes toward the sound and another alien enters the room wearing a spacesuit. If he is on their space ship, why is he wearing a space suit? Oh wait. The aliens have created an atmosphere that Castle can breathe inside, but the aliens can not. So when ever the alien comes into the room, he must put on a protective suit so the space man can breathe.

I want to talk to the alien. I want to ask him all these questions. But I can't talk. I can't move. I can just look around and listen. Castle thinks "OH Boy! When I get home I am going to be able to write a first hand story about being abducted. This is going to be great."

Oh no. The alien is giving me some thing in an IV. Don't do that. Please I want to be awake so I can write about this.

The alien turns a knob on the IV

Good night Sleep

Kate asks again "What did you do with my husband"

"Mrs. Castle, not to worry, they have simply moved him out of isolation. Since we have found out that one he was given the smallpox vaccination when he was younger and two we have not found any viable virus on his skin anywhere. The doctors believe it is safe to release him from the isolation unit."

Lanie has heard the commotion and runs around the corner. She takes Kate's hand and continues the explanation.

"Sweetie, by doing so he can receive better treatment since we will not have to wear protective clothing. while we treat him. Not to mention that having family and friends be able to come in and actually tough him and have direct contact, that should speed up the recovery The plan is to move him to a regular hospital by tomorrow morning and then to rehab as he gets better.

"Lanie, is he awake?"

"Not yet. But the doctors treating him believe that he will wake up any time now, so as soon as we get him settled in the room, we will let all of you come in to see him. Just give us about an hour OK?"

"Thanks, Lanie" Kate turns back to Martha and Alexis. Both of the other two women heard Dr. Parish explain what was happening.

The three women go back into the break room. They sit quietly for a moment, and then Alexis gets up and walks over to the coffee machine. She pours two cups of coffee. One black and in the second she puts two pumps of sugar free vanilla. She then brings one to her grandmother and sets one down in front of Kate.

Beckett looks at the cup just placed down in front of her then up to the face of the red head that just made the delivery

"I know my dad always gets coffee for you. Consider this from him and just being delivered by me"

Kate recognizes this small action as acceptance of her by the daughter of the only man Kate has ever really loved. She knows now that the three Castle women are together as one. And together they are stronger.

The break room door opens and Lanie steps in "All right you three, he is moved and you can go in to see him."

The trio get up and as they start toward the door Lanie continues her instructions "

Now remember, he has a lot of wires and tubes, but that is normal. He is physically fine. We just need him to wake up. Also be aware that his eyes will open and close at times. That does not mean he is actually seeing you. But if he is, it will do him the most good to see family and loved ones It is also believed that the brain can hears what is going on around it and that the more input he gets especially from the people he cares about the stronger the mental urge is to wake up. So talk to him. Hold his hand. Talk to him about things that you have done together in the past. Remind him of happy events. Those are good things for him to remember. Things that will help him wake up."

Lanie opens the door to the room where Castle has been taken and Martha, Alexis and Kate step up to the bed. Lanie was right about all the wires and tubes being scary. Alexis takes her dad's hand "Hi dad. I'm here. Grams and I came home to see you.. I love you dad"

Martha is standing on the same side of the bed with her granddaughter. "Richard my boy. Its time to get up" while she shakes his foot. She looks over across the bed to where Kate is holding Rick's other hand tightly. "This is how I got him up when he was young"

Kate leans into Rick's cheek. She comes close to his ear and whispers something. When she stands back up she puts on her evil "I am such a big tease" smile as she is looking down to her husband

This has raised Alexis' curiosity "Kate, what did you just whisper into my dad's ear?"

Martha knows that this is probably something a young daughter does not need to know about the relationship between her dad and his wife "Lexi, darling, let's just say Kate is using every trick in the arsenal to get her husband to wake up including promises of exciting things between just the two of them"

Kate just smiles across the bed to the two red heads

The aliens are gone. He can see a regular window. He seems to be in a bed. The room is no longer solid white. And he can hear voices. These voices sound familiar. He recognizes the voices. They are the voices of his mother and his daughter. He tries to speak, but no words come out. Somehow I have to talk to them. Tell them I am OK

He hears another voice. A voice that is very important to him. His partner. He hears the voice of Detective Kate Beckett. What is she doing here? She should be at work. She doesn't need to be taking time off of her work to be here with him. She might loose her job. But then again maybe not since Captain Montgomery likes Castle and has been very good about members of the team looking after other in times like this

Hearing her voice made his mind start spinning around and back again. He suddenly feels like he is back in that alley again trying to make a pick up of one super hot, super sexy detective that he just met.

"We could go to dinner. Debrief"
"Why Castle so I could be another one of your conquests?"
"Or I could be one of yours"
Goodbye Castle"
"Too bad it would have been great"

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA"

Why do I keep going back to that day? Maybe because that would have been the biggest mistake of my life? She turned me down. I am glad she did. She just made me want her more. But now I want her for all the right reasons

Now he hears the doctors talking about moving him to a regular hospital. Good maybe they will let me wake up. I need to wake up.

Kate is riding in the ambulance to the hospital where Rick is being transferred. She will not let go of his hand. He knows if she touches him enough then he will feel her and come back to her. She wants to fulfill the promise she made quietly in his ear. Not just as a tease for him, but something that she will totally enjoy as well.

After their arrival at the hospital and Rick is settled in, Martha arrives and tells Kate to go home and get some rest and clean up. With Martha here Kate finally feels like she can take a short break and go home for a little while.

Kate Beckett-Castle returns to their loft, steps into the bedroom, and walks out of her clothes as she walks directly into the shower and begins washing the last three days off of herself.

Castle hears the voices again. This time he looks around. Again he sees blurry images. But this time. He is positive that one of the images is Kate Beckett.

His head courses through all the little events that made him fall in love with this woman. Her little teases. Does she really have a tattoo? He has never seen it. Does she have a navel ring? Have not seen it either. Maybe she was just doing one more thing to make me want her. Everything she does makes me want her. Does she have any idea what that does to me just with just her eyes? I could forever get lost there

His mind flashes into the alley behind the warehouse where Lockwood is holding Ryan and Esposito. The rescue plays over again in his mind. How good it felt to hold Kate in his arms. How wonderful her lips felt. OH! That moan that left her mouth into his as they were kissing. That felt so natural. So real. So spontaneous. Then she says something into his ear. It's a whisper. She is going to do WHAT to me? Kate Beckett would not say such a thing to me. Was it real? He is just wishing it were real, If it was real, then he has a chance with her but probably not. After all she is dating Doctor Davidson he is the main focus of her love.

I must try to wake up. I hear my mother's and daughter's voices. They keep calling me to wake up.

Now I hear Beckett again. She is calling me again. But I can't find her then suddenly, we are standing in the cemetery. Why are we here? Montgomery's funeral. Oh No! Roy is dead? What happened to Roy? I know what I am going to do. I am going to kiss Kate. For real before something like this happens in my life. I need to tell Kate I love her. I need to try to make her mine. I am tired of running around pretending that I don't love her. I do love her with all my heart

I hear a shot and Kate's on the ground bleeding. I must stop her from dying. I love her. I must tell her I love her

I hear my mother again. Things around me are becoming more clear. I can actually see. Some things are in focus. There I see my mother and Alexis. I see Kate standing talking to Alexis.

What is that? What do I see? Something on Kate's left hand. A ring? A wedding ring! I am too late. She already got married to someone else. Who did she marry? I bet it's the doctor

Why did I wait so long to tell her? Too long! Now, it's too late? I have no reason to wake up. The love of my life is married to someone else. I don't want to go on without her

I think I will just go back into my endless sleep